✨ Postal and Telegraph Revenue Table
RETURN of REVENUE collected at the GENERAL POST OFFICE and in the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of NEW ZEALAND for the Quarter ended 31st December, 1898.
| Private Box and Bag Rents. | Money-order Commission. | Stamps sold, and credited to Stamp Revenue. | Postal Guides. | Postal-note Commission. | Miscellaneous Receipts (Postal). | Total Postal. | Telegrams. | Telephone Exchanges. | Miscellaneous Telegraph. | Total Telegraph. | Total Post and Telegraph Revenue. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | |
| General Post Office .. | 2 0 0 | .. | .. | 7 13 0 | .. | 154 3 11 | 163 16 11 | .. | 27 12 5 | 169 0 5 | 196 12 10 | 360 9 9 |
| Auckland .. | 88 0 0 | 877 3 4 | 8,758 18 8 | 5 6 0 | 124 13 7½ | .. | 9,854 1 7½ | 4,332 1 8 | 3,414 7 2 | 33 2 6 | 7,779 11 4 | 17,633 12 11½ |
| Blenheim .. | 8 0 0 | 64 6 6 | 785 6 2½ | 0 14 0 | 12 13 9½ | 0 1 0 | 871 1 6 | 398 11 9½ | 112 12 3 | 1 0 0 | 512 4 0½ | 1,383 5 6½ |
| Christchurch .. | 181 10 0 | 412 12 0 | 8,035 4 4 | 5 12 6 | 75 2 1½ | 0 4 0 | 8,710 4 11½ | 3,226 6 11 | 3,097 9 8 | 42 3 11 | 6,366 0 6 | 15,076 5 5½ |
| Dunedin .. | 84 10 0 | 403 4 0 | 6,570 19 6½ | 2 13 0 | 88 19 3½ | 0 4 0 | 7,150 9 10 | 3,545 0 0 | 3,078 12 5 | 53 1 3 | 6,676 13 8 | 13,827 3 6 |
| Gisborne .. | 9 0 0 | 54 18 3 | 651 0 10 | 0 10 6 | 6 16 11½ | .. | 722 6 6½ | 553 16 1 | 261 14 8 | 1 2 1 | 816 12 10 | 1,538 19 4½ |
| Greymouth .. | 9 0 0 | 106 1 3 | 1,193 1 10½ | 0 1 0 | 11 16 8 | .. | 1,320 0 9½ | 757 2 10 | 201 5 0 | 1 2 6 | 959 10 4 | 2,279 11 1½ |
| Hokitika .. | 2 0 0 | 37 10 3 | 428 10 9½ | .. | 6 14 11½ | .. | 474 16 0 | 316 18 11 | .. | 0 2 6 | 317 1 5 | 791 17 5 |
| Invercargill .. | 50 10 0 | 161 8 6 | 3,725 0 10 | 2 18 6 | 45 10 2 | .. | 3,985 8 0 | 1,468 10 3 | 843 16 3 | 13 10 0 | 2,325 16 6 | 6,311 4 6 |
| Napier .. | 54 0 0 | 233 2 3 | 3,214 14 2½ | 4 18 0 | 49 16 3 | .. | 3,556 10 8½ | 1,567 10 8 | 1,042 15 2 | 5 9 7 | 2,615 15 5 | 6,172 6 1½ |
| Nelson .. | 6 10 0 | 79 13 9 | 978 19 1 | 0 3 6 | 14 4 4½ | 0 2 0 | 1,079 12 8½ | 607 1 2 | 123 12 9 | 23 0 0 | 753 13 11 | 1,833 6 7½ |
| New Plymouth .. | 36 0 0 | 114 6 9 | 1,448 7 2 | 0 5 6 | 27 18 6 | .. | 1,626 17 11 | 790 13 8 | 361 3 10 | 8 10 0 | 1,160 7 6 | 2,787 5 5 |
| Oamaru .. | 8 0 0 | 48 7 0 | 1,358 11 1½ | 0 5 6 | 14 17 3 | 0 4 0 | 1,430 4 10½ | 406 9 2 | 252 4 7 | 3 0 0 | 661 13 9 | 2,091 18 7½ |
| Thames.. | 24 0 0 | 202 12 3 | 2,193 19 9 | 0 2 6 | 29 11 3 | .. | 2,450 5 9 | 867 8 1½ | 170 6 9 | 2 10 0 | 1,040 4 10½ | 3,490 10 7½ |
| Timaru .. | 15 10 0 | 85 17 3 | 2,574 14 7 | 0 4 6 | 21 12 11 | 0 1 0 | 2,698 0 3 | 577 18 5 | 171 0 0 | 4 10 0 | 753 8 5 | 3,451 8 8 |
| Wanganui .. | 61 10 0 | 207 16 4 | 5,130 9 9½ | 1 10 6 | 54 19 7 | .. | 5,456 6 2½ | 1,372 11 0½ | 441 0 8 | 7 10 0 | 1,821 1 8½ | 7,277 7 11 |
| Wellington .. | 118 10 0 | 766 9 3 | 11,785 3 2 | 11 10 6 | 115 13 4 | 2 14 0 | 12,800 0 3 | 4,942 17 11 | 3,976 7 6 | 461 17 1 | 9,381 2 6 | 22,181 2 9 |
| Westport .. | 2 0 0 | 84 8 0 | 670 14 9 | 0 1 6 | 11 7 4½ | .. | 768 11 7½ | 500 19 10 | .. | 0 10 0 | 501 9 10 | 1,270 1 5½ |
| Total fourth quarter in 1898 | 760 10 0 | 3,939 16 11 | 59,503 16 8½ | 44 10 6 | 712 8 5 | 157 13 11 | 65,118 16 5½ | 26,231 18 5½ | 17,576 1 1 | 831 1 10 | 44,639 1 4½ | 109,757 17 10 |
| Total fourth quarter in 1897 | 811 10 0 | 3,857 13 1 | 50,782 19 11 | 37 19 6 | 679 3 6½ | 271 0 0 | 56,440 6 0½ | 25,182 7 6 | 16,611 13 1 | 662 17 5 | 42,456 18 0 | 98,897 4 0½ |
General Post Office,
Wellington, 24th January, 1899.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1.]
861
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🚂 Return of Revenue Collected at Post Offices and Telegraph Services for Quarter Ended 31 December 1898
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Postal Revenue, Telegraph Revenue, Post Office, Quarter Ended 31 December 1898, Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin
- W. Gray, Secretary